Otis Thorpe : One Handed Dunks Incoming
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- Опубликовано: 5 дек 2023
- This is a look back on Otis Thorpe's career.Otis Thorpe was a physical force down low. Dunking on multiple people with his one-handed dunks and grabbing boards with one hand as well palming the ball with ease. On top of having the ability to get up and down the floor with the best of them even grabbing the rebound and taking off starting the break. Helping Otis Thorpe devlope into a go to guy in Sacramento. Before moving onto the Houston Rockets becoming the second option to Hakeem Olajuwon. Being the glue guy as well helping the Rockets win the NBA championship. While also becoming an all-star in Houston and becoming the all-time franchise record holder in field goal percentage. After Houston Otis Thorpe found himself on the move a lot becoming a journey man. Providing solid minutes as the starting power forward position. Going down as an ironman playing most of the games every season besides his final two over 17 years. Thorpe may have never reached star status but he was just a step below deserving of a few more all-star appearances but you’ll never find Otis Thorpe complaining about how it ended up.
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This guy was one of the greatest role players of the 80s and 90s NBA. A quiet guy, no flash or frills, he might have made one or two All-Star appearances, can't remember. This dude just came to work and gave you a steady 15-20pts, 10 rebounds.
Had a 20 n 10 season boy was solid as a rock
You left out the kicker. Take a good look. He looked just like Denzel!😂
NBA All Star 1992.
17 years,solid Role player
O.T WAS ALWAYS SOLID! AND BELOVED AND SO APPRECIATED IN THE HOUSTON COMMUNITY!!
Otis was pretty solid. He took a lot of pressure off of Hakeem and took up a good amount space on the floor defensively.
EXTREMELY UNDERRATED!
He seemed to always be fit his whole career .
This shows professionalism. He was quite star. I think he is better than Charles Oakley
Grant Hill and Otis Thorpe pick and rolls were deadly.
Solid for the Pistons until Doug Collins screwed it all up.
OT, will always be my guy. He helped Olajuwon so much, it was good to see Hakeem finally have that help, and he filled in the blank perfectly, and I hated when they traded him, but understood after I saw it was Clyde. Thorpe will always have love in Houston. 💯. Rockets for life...m💯💯💯💯
Now this is the type of player that made the 90s a better era and makes all of us generation X folks talk about what we "miss" in the NBA...there were scores of players just like this... Talented super hard working no-nonsese glue guys... There is a severe lack of those in today's NBA...🤘🏽😎
I honestly only remember Thorpe from his time with the Rockets. He was IMPOSSIBLE TO MISS!!! Great Talent!!! Seems strange to say but he punched above his Weight Class (if that's humanly possible).
Bout time someone recognized this guy he helped the Rockets win championships. For like 2-3 years straight nobody in the NBA dunked more than this guy and he had a very good career. He averaged over 14 plus pts and 8 plus rebounds a game and decent defender and passer for his career!!! which means he was a good player that could be the goto guy when needed and he did that.
Me and my cousins once saw Otis Thorpe at a bowling alley on S. Gessner in Houston. He waved at us with one hand while palming a heavy rated bowling ball in the other. No fingers in the holes. Then OT threw it down the lane as pins crashed into the next lane. 😭 The attendant had to come out and toss the pins back in the box in his own lane. Still the craziest display of manly strength I've ever seen!
Man stop
@@roberttheapostle489 Do you have a problem with that display of. manly strength?
I always remembered him for his hop step dunks. Those were the good old days when they put Rocket away games on channel 20. I slowly started tuning out after they put games behind a paywall. Houston will always have love for OT for helping to bring us our 1st major sports title.
"Looked like he was palming a grapefruit". Absolute magician with what he could do with the ball one-handed. Better than Dr J in that category imo
Always thought he looked a bit like Denzel Washington
Same here...i was looking for this comment
That was one strong Son Of A......
FIRST.
“Ain’t nobody coming to see you OTIS”
I think his career ultimately got overshadowed by his ALLTIME great teammates.
He would be even greater today but even then prime Thorpe is 20 & 10
Yooo, thank you for this video! OT will always be one of my favorite Rockets of all time! Superbly solid PF and one of the many overlooked players. The Rockets wouldn't have won the ring in 94' without him! Great upload, subscribed!
Hakeem and Otis was a powerful combination on NBA Jams!
Facts
You not lieing
Otis was one of my favorite quiet players!!!
One of the reasons, the 3Peat Bulls had no chance against them 94 Rockets. 95?! Maybe, but that 94 roster was solid! OT, Ellie, Cassell, Herrera, a young Big Shot Horry, Jet and some dude Jordan referred to as “that African in Houston.”
@joeturner9280
I forgot Jordan’s kryptonite: Vernon “Mad Max” Maxwell.
Thank you for making that video on Otis Thorpe. Players like are long forgotten by most but they energized and helped grow the NBA into what it became over the 1980 - 2000.
One of my favorites from that era
Respect to OT!!!
The player you always want in your team
Otis was solid.
Otis Thorpe was a solid player one of my favorites
As much as I loved Mad Max, it would've been great if Houston could've traded Mad Max and a draft pick or two for Clyde instead of OT. OT would've made Houston a more complete team. I highly doubt Chicago, even with Rodman could beat Houston with OT & Clyde
People never really mention him when they talk about hand size. I recall Horace Grant, a then teammate of Scottie Pippin and MJ, saying that OT had some of the biggest hands in the NBA. Wonder what they measure at…
I'm from Sacramento and I remember our announcer used to say Otis Thorpe's hands were so big that he looked like he was holding an orange.
Salute OT! He's the most underrated and under appreciated player in NBA history. He balled out with the Pistons, him and Grant Hill ran an unstoppable pick & roll.
One of my favorite don't hear much about him ,was a friking monster and fast.
THORPE!!!! I remember watching games as a kid asking my Dad who the guy was with the huge arms....Ever since then O.T. was an inspiration for working out.
One of the strongest power forwards next BW, LB, and a few others. Underrated but strong.
Bw? Lb?
Thanks for shining some light on O.Thorpe. He had a perfect body for basketball. Big hands not overly muscular but well proportioned and always in shape. He and Terry Cummings were solid well built MEN.
Yo! Thanks for bringing this guy to light! This is pure basketball knowledge for the youngins like me
Never got the full respect he deserved and Houston shouldn't have traded him when they did. The 2 man game with Hakeem and Otis was a thing of beauty. Nice vid 👍
Huge fan of Thorpe back in the day underated.
LED THE LEAGUE IN DUNKING
Watching this video clip has made realize why players have taken control of their career. Those players were on the move constantly.
Always love this dude as the announcer say one of the greatest names for basketball.
Amazing physical strength....wow...OT!!
He was good player
Loved watching ot he was a very handy underrated basketball 🏀 player.
Him, Dream and Horry were very good up front.
Jet and Maxwell (plus Enemy Mine) were good to guard the back too.
Oakley said he was slapping guys. How many times did he slap Otis? I think he knew who to mess with
One of most underrated player in the NBA.
Probs to Skid for making this video giving Otis his flowers respects my guy
Great video one of my all time favorite players
Love Otis!!! A beast in the paint back then. As a fan of your work… can you please do Amari stoudemire!!!! He deserves his 🌸!!!!!! The best big man back in the 2000’s all facials no expression!!!!!!
My bad Amar’e !!!!
appreciate you bringing light to other great players in the league
This man is the definition of "power" forward. He look like he jus' got out the pen...
Houston loves Thorpe!!!
Forgot all about Otis! He could play and was reliable.
I use to think this dude had a nonstop type of play just always running the court great endurance
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American and male. I am SO glad Otis Thorpe won a ring in 1994-95. I wanted SO badly for the Sonics to trade Kendall Gill for Otis Thorpe, because that trade would have helped BOTH teams. Portland needed a talented scoring 2-guard in Kendall Gill, as they traded Clyde Drexler. Otis Thorpe would have been a GREAT backup 4 for those Sonics teams in 1995-1998. I used to be a lifeguard. When I'd teach the younger kids, and take them to the POOL basketball hoop, I'd lift them up, and let them dunk. I'd demonstrate, using a one-handed Otis Thorpe dunk! The Otis Thorpe Song: (From Heigh Ho): "That guy who plays forward for the Houston Rockets name is Thrope!" (the Heigh Ho Hum part) "Heigh Ho, Heigh Ho, Just look at Otis go! He'll work all day and hard he'll play, Heigh Ho!"
Otis Thorpe was Solid, in every since of the word! I remember he set a pick, and Reggie Miller ran into him😮! Damaged one of Reggie 's eyes.
Thank u brotha💪
Thanks for the recommendation!
90’s NBA ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Otis Thorpe: Ball-Handling: A. Passing: B+.
Otis Thorpe was one of my favorite players . He came along at a time when the NBA was full of talent and his greatness kind of got lost in it . I watched Otis ever since he came on the college scene with his quiet workman like demeanor and he always put of solid numbers . When he went to the NBA his game got even better and he was built like a brick wall . He could do it all rebound ob both ends of the floor, run the floor on the fast break and finish with that patented one handed dunk . He played the position they way it was supposed to be under and around the rim not how these players of today love to stand around the three point circle. Otis was one of the greats in my book . His play left a lasting impression on me .
C'était mon joueur préféré aux Rockets à l'époque, un travailleur de l'ombre avec des palmes à la place des mains 😄
0:35 Horace Grant: Defense: AAA. BUT, my goodness, he got victimized by SO many three-point plays in his career!
Truly excellent video
My boy Denzel Washington. 🤣
I ALWAYS SAID THAT LLS
Otis Thorpe always a Houston Rocket player.
Thanks for the upload. 👍 Would also like to see Calvin 🏀 Murphy
Always liked him
I live in Houston, Otis could palm a tank!!!
He had some good year in Sacramento
I swear big hands is damn near half the battle to dominating the NBA😅
He was my favorite in Htown
He was a cool dude.
Forgot about this guy
Was good solid player
Otis was a pretty good NBA player
Can u do a story on Vernon Maxwell if possible. He was a heck of a player in college & the NBA but he was a straight up hothead
I like when he played Houston and win real Champion he's and.i ever nobody can take a way from him
Make a video on Kevin Willis
How about Tom Chambers for the next video?
Him and Kevin Willis were hired strictly for muscle😂
I met himin Port Arthur, TX at a hospital, that's where his wife is from
We were busy looking at the All Stars and forgot to give praise to the Blue Collar workers of the team! Thorpe was built like a war tank and as smooth as silk! Plumbers my Azz ain't nobody in todays game could move OT out of the box or stop his post up! Imagine Draymond Green trying to stop OT......Lmao! These Gardeners of today don't know a tulip from a Rose and they talking crap! Especially that sorry Azz Gilbert Arenas! who if not for his podcast wouldn't even be mentioned as a ball player!
He was told he looked like the Basketball Denzel
Yall see the backboard move after he dunked right?
OHHHHH TEEEEEEEEEE
Is that KAWHI's dad?? With those hands🖐🏿🖐🏿😮😮
I like that music who is that?
It was a shame the Rockets let him go as great as Clyde was
Bruh was a BRICK WALL!!!!
Do a video on terry Cummings
Make a video about Rex Chapman, Jamal Mashburn, Tony Delk, Derek Anderson, Sam Bowie, Kyle Macy, Antoine Walker, Walter McCarty, or Kenny "Sky" Walker to name some to think about. (Bet you CAN guess my fav college basketball team)
4:27 cool
Always thought he looked like Denzel Washington lol
Let me see if I can remember this...
-Kings
-Rockets
-Blazers
-Pistons
-Grizzles
-Kings
-Wizards
-Heat
-Hornets
He wasn't no 'plumber' as the kids like to think about this era.
Chambers, brent barry, grant hill,rob horry, young webber, young mcdyess, kemp were 90s athletic sf
Great years. Not sure what the NBA is today
Is it me or does he look like Denzel Washington
Hands bigger than Kawhi….
My Kings was Chris Webber.
What’s a gentleman’s sweep?
Example: the 2004 pistons hit the lakers with a gentleman sweep
@@andresdelportillo9917, what does it mean though?
@@drcharlesbombay When a team wins a playoff series, but loses one game in the series. A team is said to have "let" the other team win one game before sweeping them.
Otis could palm a watermelon.